Watermelon and Blueberry

After much practice I have made these two lovely macarons:

Macaron Coin Purses

The watermelon one is made with a linen fabric with printed slices of red and yellow watermelons.  

I embroidered the rind and outlined the fruit.  

I added seed beads for the seeds.  

I used a green zipper and for the inside I used red felt to create a "watermelon" look.

The blueberry one is made with printed blueberry quilting fabric.

I used a purple zipper and for the inside I used purple felt and added tiny doilies for a decorative touch.

I am quite pleased with how pretty these two came out :)

Practicing During The Summer

Hello NCA Students :)

First of all, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

Secondly, club name change.  "Plushies Club" will now be "NCA Sewing Club" because we will be doing more than just creating plushies.  We will be making a variety of "non-plushies" items such as little zipper bags and the anticipated macaron coin purses.  I have been diligently practicing this summer on how to perfect the making of this difficult, as least for now, project.  As Vince Lombardi said, "Practice does not make perfect.  Only perfect practice makes perfect."  I'll be posting pictures soon of my progress.

Lastly, I hope everyone is working on at least one sewing project this summer.  If you have been, then please email me pictures and I will be happy to post them on this blog ;)

See you soon.

Creative Needle Books Themes

What is a needle book?  A needle book is a little book that stores your sewing supplies such as needles, pins, threads, buttons, scissors and more.  We use felt as our main material and a theme to make it interesting.  

Here are three creative needle books themes:

Candy

Fruits

Vintage Romantic

Wonderful job on your books Yeji, Ann and Hanbyul!!!

2014-2015 Needle Book Contest Winners

Our winners for the Needle Book Contest Winners are:

First Place:  Yeji Park for her Candy Theme 
Second Place:  Ann Lee for her Fruits Theme
Third Place:  Hanbyul Cho for her Vintage Romantic Theme

Thank you Mrs. Ko for her wonderful photos :)

Yeji Park's Candy Theme

Ann Lee's Fruit Theme

Hanbyul Cho's Romantic Vintage Theme